I fell yesterday and landed on hands and knees -- on the parking strip grass, thankfully. My neighbor (EMT) helped me up and checked me out briefly -- no dizziness or black-out symptoms -- and advised washing the dirt out of my scrapes and using ice on knees and hands. I have a jel-pack, so I used that. I also took ibuprophen. Today the swelling around knees is hway down, as is that in R hand. L hand has some swelling at base of thumb and wrist, which is stiff. There s less swelling now than there was 3 hours ago. I can move all my fingers and my thumbs on both hands and feel the hands and fingers with minimal pain. (I ve had a fracture in each arm, R arm fracture required surgery, so this injury doesn t frighten me.) Since it seems to me improving, I m wondering if I should just continue with rest, gel pack and elevation or if I should see my doc.